{"id":93187,"date":"2026-04-06T19:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93187"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:15:51","slug":"ferguson-and-mosana-braces-lead-south-africa-to-uefa-four-nations-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93187","title":{"rendered":"Ferguson and Mosana braces lead South Africa to UEFA Four Nations victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46044 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/football-safa-logo-png-400x291.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"291\" \/>The <strong>South African u16 National Team<\/strong> delivered an outstanding performance at the <strong>u16 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Four Nations Development Tournament<\/strong> in <strong>Bulgaria <\/strong>on Monday, outplaying Kosovo 5-1 in their second match.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2012 and organised by UEFA, the tournament is part of a global football initiative aimed at promoting the development of young aspiring footballers.<\/p>\n<p>It is not solely focused on competition or results. Rather, it provides a platform for national associations in Europe and also allows participation from non-European members, such as the <strong>South African Football Association (SAFA)<\/strong>. An invitation was extended to the South African national u16 team to participate in this year&#8217;s competition, thus providing the players with international experience through high-intensity games.<\/p>\n<p>The line-up includes the hosts, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Georgia, and South Africa, who were beaten 3-0 by the Georgians on Saturday in their opening match of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, though, South Africa found their rhythm, and <strong>Rhys Ferguson<\/strong> opened the scoring for SA in the 16th minute. An own goal doubled South Africa&#8217;s advantage, then Ferguson made it a comfortable 3-0 lead in the 38th minute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tsheamo Mosana<\/strong> struck twice within a minute in the second half, netting his first in the 66th minute and his second in the 67th to put the result to bed.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo conjured up a late consolation goal, but it was South Africa&#8217;s day, and they walked away with a 5-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s last game is against the host nation, Bulgaria, on Wednesday, 8 April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African u16 National Team delivered an outstanding performance at the u16 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Four Nations Development Tournament in Bulgaria on Monday, outplaying Kosovo 5-1 in their second match. Established in 2012 and organised by UEFA, the tournament is part of a global football initiative aimed at promoting the development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":46044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}